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By MAPULANGA LIBINGA - DESPITE the directive by the Ministry of Education to ban schools without good sanitation facilities from opening, Ndola’s Hands Compassion Community School has continued to operate without clean water supply. The...

THE revelation that some farmers in Katete are selling fertiliser which they redeemed through the electronic voucher (e-voucher) system makes sad reading. According to the story that we are running in today’s edition, 42 bags...

By Kalumiana Kalumiana - NKANA will hold a one-week 2018 pre-season training camp in Zimbabwe starting next week where they will play two friendly games. Nkana is one of Zambia’s four representatives in the CAF...

By KALUMIANA KALUMIANA - ANOTHER transfer chronicle is about to unfold between the two Kitwe giants with both Power Dynamos and Nkana expressing interest in the gifted leftie. Yesterday, newly appointed Power coach Kelvin Kaindu...

By ADRIAN MWANZA - THE Simataa Simataa-led City of Lusaka faction has banned the entire Justin Zulu headed club executive from entering the refurbished Vodafone Woodlands Stadium. In a letter issued yesterday and signed by...

By NDINAWE SIMPELWE in Marrakech, Morocco - ZAMBIA tonight gets the sternest of tests in their resolve to win the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) title when Sudan comes calling in a quarter-final clash at...

By CHILA NAMAIKO and KASONDE KASONDE - A PARLIAMENTARIAN has implored Zambian youths to remain focused in supporting the Government and not to be swayed by some politicians whose agenda is to frustrate President Edgar...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE -
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has said the feasibility study on the Batoka Hydropower Station has been reviewed.
ZRA chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said in an interview yesterday that the review on the demo structure, power house and capacity output on the project had been completed.
Mr Munodawafa said the authority was currently waiting for the second phase of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
‘‘We have reviewed the Batoka Hydropower Station feasibility study. The study on the demo structure, power house structure and the capacity output on the project has been completed,’’ Mr Munodawafa said.
He said the finalisation of the study and the EIA was expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015.
Mr Munodawfa said consultants were currently working on other processes and thereafter the project committee which include senior Government officials , utilities and ZRA would visit the project this month.
He said once all these processes were completed, ZRA would then be able to select the developer for the project, after which the authority would be able to come up with the actual value of the project.
Zambia and Zimbabwe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to team up and start the Batoka hydropower project which is estimated to cost about US$4 billion.
The agreement was signed during the council of ministers held at Kariba in Siavonga recently.